temporal bone

English

Skull, including temporal bone

Skull, including temporal bone; front view

Noun

temporal bone (plural temporal bones)

1. Either of two compound bones that collectively make up the sides and base of the skull.

Translations

either of two compound bones at the sides of the skull

• Catalan: temporal (ca) m
• Czech: spánková kost f
• Esperanto: tempiosto, temporalo
• Estonian: oimuluu
• Finnish: ohimoluu (fi)
• French: os temporal (fr) m
• German: Schläfenbein n
• Greek: κροταφικό οστό (el) n (krotafikó ostó)
• Hungarian: halántékcsont (hu)
• Ingrian: kuveluu
• Italian: osso temporale m
• Japanese: 側頭骨 (そくとうこつ, sokutōkotsu), 顳顬骨 (しょうじゅこつ, shōjukotsu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hestiyê cênikê m

• Portuguese: temporal (pt) m
• Spanish: hueso temporal m, temporal (es) m

See also

• temporal bone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia